healthworks efficacy for its peer leaders
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CSA 504 . Kate Curley. HealthWorks Efficacy for its Peer Leaders. Kate Curley. I. Who and what is HealthWorks ?. HealthWorks members: All take Biobehavioral Health Training course (BBH 324) May do health promotion outreach and programming May perform HIV counseling - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Kate CurleyHealthWorks Efficacy for its Peer
LeadersKate Curley CSA 504
I. Who and what is HealthWorks?HealthWorks members:
All take Biobehavioral Health Training course (BBH 324)
May do health promotion outreach and programmingMay perform HIV counselingMay teach health education workshops
Participants of the assessmentAll 34 HealthWorks members
Majority womenUndergraduates at The Pennsylvania State University-
University ParkOrganized under the Office of Health Promotion
and Wellness (HPW) in University Health Services(Liao, 2012)
II. Purpose of the study and potential implications
Peer group is powerful (Astin, 1993)
Growing programs on college campuses:Peer education (Cuseo, 2010; Ender & Kay, 200)Leadership development (Dugan & Komives, 2007)
Healthworks is a combo of above: Significant resourcesImportance of assessment (Council for the Advancement of Standards, 2009; Keeling,
2006)
No available assessment measurements apply or have been done
Justification or Modification
III. Research questionUltimate Question:
How does HealthWorks benefit the peer leaders?
The Assessment:Seeks to discover the effectiveness of the
HealthWorks program as defined by the extent to which peer leaders can
articulate their ability to meet a combination of peer
education and leadership learning outcomes
developed through the literature review.
IV. Literature Review: a) Peer EducationCritical thinking skillsEducational topic and professional preparation gains Personal positive impact on one’s behavior and
attitude Greater self-confidence, self-awareness, and self-
efficacy Presentation skills and comfort in presenting Multicultural competence and diversity sensitivity Helping skills (Butler, Hetzell, & Sherwood, 2008; Colvin & Ashman, 2010; Keller, Frank-Bader, Beltram, & Bowar-Ferres, 2011; Owen, 2011;
Voorhees, 2008; Wawrzynski, LoConte, & Straker, 2011)
b) Leadership Development
·Collaboration·Common Purpose
·Controversy with Civility
Individual Values
·Consciousness of Self
·Congruence·Commitment
Societal/Community
Values·Citizenship
Group Values
(Komives, 2011)
VII. Limitations and Concerns
*Full Reference list provided on table below
Data is self-reportedHealthWorks supervisor biased when compiling data
Time and expense constraints
Possible method
discrepancies